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Social Media Is A Curated Mirror
- Social media platforms attract a self-selected, intense subset of people rather than a true cross-section of society.
- That amplifies extremes and creates a false sense of universality about online conversations.
Platform Language Favors Certainty Over Intimacy
- Social media's language incentivizes snark, division, and certainty over messy intimacy.
- That creates a market for loud voices who claim definitive answers, regardless of truth.
Leaving Twitter, Staying On Instagram (For Now)
- Drew deleted his Twitter because it spiraled his sense of self and left him existentially unmoored.
- He kept Instagram longer and describes it as 'hell' because it manipulates emotions and sells desires.